Bible Dictionaries
Convulsion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.

(2):

(n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Convulsion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/convulsion.html. 1828.